Coach K or Roy for ACC Coach of the Year?

HokieDave over at vtbb.fanfoc.us asked me the following question regarding my “And the ACC Coach of the Year Award Goes To…” column a couple of days ago:
“I was curious that neither Coach K or Williams received mention in your article. Sure, neither has overcome the adversity of the coaches you mentioned, and neither team’s success [...]

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VT’s Potential ACC Tournament Seeding

With 10 days left in the ACC regular season, let’s take a look at where the Hokies could be seeded for the ACC Tourney.  Tech could finish anywhere from 3rd to 8th.  And yes, Virginia Tech still has a great shot at a bye.  Yes, I’m talking about byes!  It’s as simple as this: if [...]

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Vote for Your Favorite Deron Washington Highlight

We know that Deron Washington still has at least three more games left in a Virginia Tech jersey and that means plenty of opportunities to add to his lengthy list of highlight-reel plays, but we wanted to see which of his more popular plays is most memorable to the Hokie fans.We set up a special [...]

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And the ACC Coach of the Year Award Goes To…

When I sat down to write this column, I was going to lead (or “lede” for my fellow press box jockeys) with: “Go ahead and give Seth Greenberg the Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year Award. There isn’t another coach in the ACC that deserves it more.”
But, as I started doing my research, I [...]

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Virginia Tech Revises Ticket Policy for Wake Forest Game

From www.hokiesports.com (see official release):
All students, faculty and staff are invited to Wake Forest game
BLACKSBURG, Va – All Virginia Tech students and faculty & staff members are invited to Tech’s men’s basketball game versus Wake Forest on Tuesday, March 4th at 7:00 p.m. in Cassell Coliseum. No ticket is required, but you must have a [...]

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Greenberg-Berman IV

The feud between Roanoke Times sports writer Mark Berman and Virginia Tech Head Coach Seth Greenberg continued for a fourth straight week (at least that I’m aware of). During Monday’s weekly ACC coaches conference call, Mark Berman had the first question…
Berman: “Good afternoon, Seth.”
Greenberg: “Mark, this might be the highlight of everyone listening.”
Berman: “Uh huh.”
Want [...]

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Hokies Sweep the Eagles, 67-48

From the team at TechHoops.com:
The Hokies locked up at least a .500 season in ACC play with a win over the iggles Tuesday night. My game ball goes to Lewis Witcher who played like a man possessed tonight. His play has really improved during the last three games and it appears that not only is [...]

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Raising Your Kid to be A Die Hard Hokie Fan

Fair warning – this is me bragging about my kid because I’m a proud dad, so if that kind of stuff annoys you, hit the “back” button. My son has been to four Virginia Tech mens basketball games this season and loves every minute of it. He already knows the fight song and all of [...]

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Tech Recruits Win District Hoops Tournaments

From the team at TechHoops.com:
As expected, Hidden Valley (Ben Boggs) and Millbrook (Erick Green) won the River Ridge and Northwestern District Tournaments respectively. Each school was the top seed in their tournament and won the regular season title. But both teams needed overtime to take care of business in the championship game. Hidden [...]

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Hokies Lock Up Winning Season with 92-84 Win Over GT

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A.D. Vassallo (jr.) became the 39th player in school history to eclipse the 1,000-point mark in a career as he led the Hokies to a 92-84 win over the georgia tech yellow jackets. A.D. scored a season- and team-high 27 points and is now in 37th place on [...]

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